Synonyms for disheartened
dis·heart·ened

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1. disheartenedadjective

   Synonyms:
   dejected, dispirited, sad, down in the mouth, down in the dumps

2. disheartenedadjective

   Discouraged, despairing.

   Synonyms:
   sad, dispirited, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, dejected

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1. demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartenedadjective

   made less hopeful or enthusiastic

   "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

   Synonyms:
   demoralized, demoralised, discouraged

   Antonyms:
   optimistic

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1. List of paraphrases for "disheartened":

   discouraged

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1. Andrew Pavia:

   In Andrew Pavia health care, we know that the number of hospitalizations will peak perhaps a week after new cases, and deaths will lag even farther behind, i fear any light at the end of the tunnel is not nearly close enough for our exhausted and disheartened health care workers.

2. Franois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon:

   Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a confiding thought, a simple movement of heart towards God will renew our powers. Whatever He may demand of us, He will give us at the moment the strength and the courage that we need.

3. Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan:

   I read this statement this morning and was completely disheartened, three of my Buncombe County Commissioners … basically told their Sheriff and their Sheriff’s Office that the hard work we have done over the past twelve years has counted for nothing.

4. New Jersey:

   New Jersey is clearly made in an inappropriate representation of a black person and instructs people to' slam' and' whack' her, racism has no place in the world and I will not tolerate it, especially not in this district. When I saw Feel Better Doll in person, I cringed and was truly disheartened by the thought of a black child being beaten by another child or an adult for pure pleasure. To have a product depict or teach children that it is OK to hit another child, regardless of race, in order to feel good is sick.

5. Armando Orduña:

   We are hopeful that state politics will not be played out in the day-to-day business of a local school district here in the city of Houston, the families and the educators with whom we work are disheartened by the takeover but hopeful that as it manifests, we will be able to work with the people on the other end of the board room toward common solutions that are for the best interest of all the families.